Ten Years in the Tub

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"How often do you begin reading a book that makes you—immediately, urgently, desperately—want to read more books?” (<i>Booklist</i>). Nick Hornby has managed to write just such a book in this hilarious, insightful, and infectious volume. <i>Ten Years in the Tub</i> chronicles Hornby's journey through a decade’s worth of books, as related in his wildly popular Believer column “Stuff I’ve Been Reading.” <i>Ten Years in the Tub</i> is a one-way ticket into the mind of one of the most beloved contemporary writers on his favorite pastime, but it's also a meditation on what Celine Dion can teach us about ourselves, a warning about how John Updike can ruin our sex lives, and a recommendation for the way Body Shop Vanilla Shower Gel can add excitement to our days. This "decade-long addiction for many... makes standing in line at the bank a blessed interval for snorting another page.” (the <i>New York Times Book Review</i>)